Second-year guard Dennis Smith Jr. has been rumored to be on the trade block. The Dallas Mavericks guard hasn't seen eye-to-eye with coach Rick Carlisle, and several teams have expressed interest in Smith. It appeared that Smith was all set to join another team as part of a swap as we approach the trade deadline. Tags: News, Dallas Mavericks, Smith, Rick Carlisle, Mavericks, Dennis Smith Jr

Consider Rule 17, Section 2, Article 1: “The Commissioner has the sole authority to investigate and take appropriate disciplinary and/or corrective measures if any club action, non-participant interference, or calamity occurs in an NFL game which the Commissioner deems so extraordinarily unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of the game. Even though Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman admits that he opt... Tags: News, NFL, Saints, Nickell Robey Coleman, Robey Coleman, Rams Saints, Tommylee Lewis

Despite last minute efforts to address concerns of various groups who opposed the bill, Members of the 115th Congress ultimately failed to pass the American Vision Tags: News, United States, Foley, Lardner, 115th Congress

A person infected with measles attended a Portland Trail Blazers home game in Oregon last week amid an outbreak that has left at least 21 people ill this month in neighboring Washington state. Tags: Washington, Oregon, Cnn, Portland Trail Blazers

If Dee Ford didn't line up offsides, the Kansas City Chiefs would be in Super Bowl LIII. The Chiefs seemed to have an interception that would send them to the Super Bowl for the first time in 49 years. With 1:01 left in regulation, and the Chiefs up 28-24, a pass went off Rob Gronkowski's hands and Chiefs defensive back Charvarius Ward intercepted it. Tags: News, Rob Gronkowski, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs, Dee Ford, Charvarius Ward

BEIJING (AP) — China’s population rose by 15.23 million people in 2018, marking a continued decrease in the growth rate of the world’s most populous nation. Numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday put the population at 1.395 billion in 2018, marking a growth rate of 3.81 percent over the previous year. […] Tags: News, China, Beijing, Nation, National Bureau of Statistics, Nation & World

As most readers of this blog are aware, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and analogous state laws prohibit employers from discriminating against qualified employees (and applicants) Tags: News, United States, Ada

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes struggled in the first half and dazzled in the second Sunday night. Nobody knows how he might have fared in overtime. The Chiefs’ young All-Pro threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns against New England, almost all of it after the break, only to watch the extra session […] Tags: News, Sports, Ap, New England, Mahomes, Kansas City Mo, Patrick Mahomes